Category: Parks and Recreation

Adam Scott on His ‘Big Little Lies’ Beard and the Show’s Surprises to Come

Scott jokes to THR about the suggestion he made for his character, “I wasn’t totally thinking about the fact that we would be shooting for half the year where I would just have this huge monster on my face.” Yes, HBO’s Big Little Lies has stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Alexander Skarsgard, Shailene Woodley, James Tupper and Zoe Kravitz, but there’s one character that emerged from the show’s premiere and completely stole the show: Scott’s beard.

Happy Galentine’s Day, ladies! And thanks ‘Parks and Rec’

Move over Friendsgiving. Galentine’s Day is on the way. Designating Feb. 13 for the ladies has endured since 2010, when Amy Poehler’s “Parks and Recreation” character, Leslie Knope, declared the fictional holiday her favorite day of the year on the NBC show: “Ladies celebrating ladies,” Knope explained of her Galentine’s breakfast bash with friends.

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris

Pratt (who went from “Parks and Recreation” to movie stardom) and Faris (“Mom”) met way back in 2007 on the set of a TV movie and married in 2009. They had a son, Jack, in 2012. Pratt and Faris don’t get to work together that much, but he recently got to date her on an episode of “Mom.”

‘Legion’ Series Premiere Recap: Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Run

The opening montage of the new X-Men-affiliated FX program Legion encapsulates a lot of what’s exciting about it, and a lot of what’s off-putting about it, too: A baby takes up the entire frame in the first shot, and that baby morphs over time into an increasingly troubled young man, as The Who’s “Happy Jack” plays. Noah Hawley-the showrunner, who wrote and directed the episode, and who also runs the Fargo series-is assuring us that a) the show will make a concerted effort to strongly develop one main character rather than getting lost in a ton of Byzantine world-building like so many other X-Men properties and comic book adaptations in general, and b) it will have a wry, pop culture-heavy sensibility.

Carol Burnett comedy from Amy Poehler lands ABC pilot pickup

The network on Thursday, February 2 handed out an official pilot order to the comedy, now known as Household Name , The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Executive produced by Parks and Recreation grad Amy Poehler , the multicamera comedy follows a family who has an opportunity to buy the house of their dreams but under extremely abnormal circumstances: They must live with the previous owner, an eccentric, larger-than-life actress .